Thursday, May 31, 2018

Australian solar plant to have world's largest power storage capacity

The joint venture between two major
Japanese power providers has invested in renewable-energy projects
abroad, such as this Indian solar farm. (Photo courtesy of JERA)

TOKYO -- A roughly $1 billion solar energy project in Australia will
employ one of the biggest power storage facilities in the world, with
Japanese and Western companies contributing funds.

As part of
this, a 250-megawatt plant in the state of South Australia will use a
100MW lithium-ion battery storage system. The storage capacity will be
on par with a wind farm battery system from Tesla in Australia, now the largest of its kind on the planet. Power generated at the forthcoming plant will be sold to local utilities.